Benthic Life
Brisingids sea stars are the velcro of the deep sea
This festive collection of bright orange filter-feeding brisingid sea stars and scavenging sea urchins were found on a rocky seamount…
Read MoreFalling in love with foraminifera
A marine geobiologist falls for the ‘brains’ and beauty of an ancient single-celled creature that can change its shell into a variety of geometric shapes.
Read MoreHow do you study marine metamorphosis?
Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser is a marine benthic ecologist, whose primary research focus is on how invertebrates establish themselves along the seafloor.
Read MoreFriday Evening Lectures Series: The Past and Future of Bioluminescence Research, in Light of the Contributions of Osamu Shimomura
Steven Haddock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Sponsored by: MBL
Read MoreDoctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Physiological and Behavioral Responses, and their Variability, in Squid, Doryteuthis pealeii, Embryos and Paralarvae Reared Under Chronic Ocean Acidification
Casey James Zakroff, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreSummer Lecture Series: Far from Home: How Larval Dispersal Connects Island-Like Habitats in the Ocean
Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreBizarro Life-Forms Inhabiting Deep-Sea Vents May Be at Risk
mentions Tim Shank and WHOI
Eavesdropping on Shrimp’s Snap Chat
At Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, marine ecologist Ashlee Lillis is studying a tiny animal that makes one of the ocean’s loudest natural sounds. It’s called a snapping shrimp. The noise it makes dominates the underwater soundscape in many coastal regions and may have an outsized effect on other marine life.
Read MoreCrabs Swarm on the Seafloor
Expeditions to the tropics and Antarctica have turned up crab populations—for better or worse—in unexpected parts of the globe. At…
Read MoreHannibal Bank Seamount Expedition
In April 2015, a research team studying biodiversity at the Hannibal Bank Seamount off the coast of Panama captured something…
Read MoreSwarming Red Crabs Documented on Video
A research team studying biodiversity at the Hannibal Bank Seamount off the coast of Panama has captured unique video of thousands of red crabs swarming in low-oxygen waters just above the seafloor.
Read MoreHABCAM
A towed underwater vehicle equipped with cameras, sonar, and sensors paints vivid portraits of life on the seafloor.
Read MoreBarnacles Explain Life at the Extreme
quotes Santiago Herrera
Alvin‘s Animals
Alvin‘s Animals
From orange octopi and furry yeti crabs to the largest known anemone, pilots and scientists diving in the Alvin submersible continue to find amazing marine creatures.
Read MoreDeep-sea Detectives
Links to related materials Mid-Ocean Ridges—Articles, illustrations, and video showing how new seafloor crust forms Mapping the Seafloor with…
Read MoreDeep-sea Detectives
Links to related materials Mid-Ocean Ridges—Articles, illustrations, and video showing how new seafloor crust formsMapping the Seafloor with Multibeam Sonar…
Read MoreOcean Explorers Probe Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico may be a source of food, fuel, and fun for millions of Americans, but vast reaches…
Read MoreOcean Explorers Probe Gulf of Mexico
New Deep-sea Species off Indonesia
Volunteer Gets an Oceanful of Experience
It’s two in the morning, and I’m watching a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, explore previously unseen areas of the…
Read MoreJason Meets the Carnivorous Sea Squirt
Tito Collasius, an engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has witnessed some of oceanography’s more celebrated moments, including the discovery…
Read MoreCorals vs. snails on a tropical reef
Biochemical Warfare on the Reef
Just beneath the tranquil, clear waters of the tropical Caribbean, unseen by all but a few keen-eyed divers, two foes…
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